Product description

Product description

If you are in search of a printer that can not only print but also scan and photocopy then Brother DCP-T300 Colour Multifunction Ink Tank Printer can be your ideal choice. The Multifunction Printer from Brother not only offers all these services but is available at pocket-friendly prices too. The printer dimensions are 43.5x37.4x16.1 cm and weighs 7 kg, making it portable. The printer has been uniquely designed keeping the user in mind and is integrated with a front-access ink tank with see-through cover that allows you to check the quantity of ink left. With 1200x600 pixel resolution, the printer gives high-quality printing results with well-detailed text and bright images. The Brother Black Pigment ink which is used in the printer is water resistant, giving you sharp and clear text every time you print.

From the Manufacturer

Exceeding Low Running Costs

Enjoy low running cost with exceedingly affordable ultra-high 6000 page-yield# ink bottles. Reduce ink wastage with individual ink bottle refill system that allows you to replace only the colours you need. Plus, easily produce 2-up and 4-up on a single sheet. This saves paper when viewing drafts or layouts.

Easy Ink Refilling

Minimise Ink Spillage

Smart design allows for ink refilling at an optimised 45⁰ refilling angle. This minimises ink leakage and takes the hassle out of refilling.

Save Space and Convenient

Designed with embedded front-access ink tank and see-through cover, Brother's Refill Tank System saves space effectively, and makes it easy to check how much ink is left.

Improve Productivity

Featuring high print speeds of 11/6ipm* , time is saved when there are large volume printing tasks. Users can utilise their time more efficiently instead of waiting for their printouts. Furthermore, with paper input of up to 100 sheets, users avoid having to refill paper tray too frequently.

Save Time

Enjoy convenience of less-frequent ink purchases with ultra high-yield ink bottles. Plus, save valuable time as you can still print in black even if colour runs out.

Professional Quality

Our colour inkjet series deliver consistent and high quality results with sharp images and crisp text. Our Multi-Function Centres offer unique colour enhancement designed to optimise your color prints with true to life colours. Brother black pigment ink* will provide you with sharp text printing on standard paper. It is water resistant so it won't smudge. You get consistently sharp text every time.

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I decided to buy an ink tank printer after getting frustrated by replacing expensive ink cartridges on my HP 3545 which does not accept cartridges after 2-3 refills. My main target was Epson L220 which was recently launched. While browsing this, I accidently encountered Brother Ink tank printers which were just launched. I tried to find out reviews about this printer but could not get one as this is just launched. After referring reviews of brother DCP J100/105 series printer which have similar look and specification I decided to take a risk, as Brother is a well reliable brand in the industry.I bought DCP T500, which has similar specification as DCP T300 and DCP T700both, where the former lacks wifi and the latter has wifi+ADF, remaining is same.I have used Canon MP470 and HP (1510 and 3545), I have seen the quality of Epson L210. I compare this with all the three.Ink Tank system: Each color tank can take 70 mL of ink and black about 200 mL. We can see clearly the ink quantity. The system does not monitor ink quantity so the printer does not force you to fill or use only their own ink. You just keep checking ink level by eyes.Print Quality (Black): This printer can print crispy black letter in best mode. If we take a laser printout and give it 100 rating this will get 97, HP 95 and Canon 98 points. The black letters in best mode are as crispy and dark black, as laser and cannot be distinguished easily. I have not seen Epson L210 in best mode but for normal mode this printer is better than L210. In normal mode you can easily see the jaggy margins of the letters typical of all inkjets.Print Quality (color and photo). In normal mode this printer initially printed light colors, I will say 90% saturated, which is good only for text or graphics, but not for photos. They look fade. But, after printing of 200 pages the color saturation improves, it looks the print head is filled with some liquid initially which dilutes the ink and once this effect is over the colors look vibrant. The saturation can further be improved by setting from the print menu go to >properties>advance>color settings>select color enhancement> make color density +2>OK>other print option (k)>advance colour setting> uncheck Match Monitor In best mode this can give a quality which is equal to canon and HP. But if you use a photo paper and print in best mode, it will surpass HP and canon. If I give 100 rating to professionally (chemically) developed photograph. This will get 98, HP 3545 and Canon MP470 both will get 95. The colors are vibrant, you can see the details of even hairs, and ink droplets are almost invisible.Print Speed: I used a page from science book in PDF version which contained a color figure and text. On A4 paper it took 4 sec for Black normal, 6 sec for color draft, 17 sec for color normal, 1.5 minute of best, and 2 minute for normal on inkjet paper settings. If we set normal color on plain paper it prints fast, but colors are fade (90% saturation) but if we set it to best, it prints great but will take 1.5 minute which is too long for one page. I could not find a good balance between printing time and print quality. For 4x6 photo it take 2 min in normal and 4 min in best mode.Ink technology: It makes each droplet of 1.5 pL while Epson L210 takes 3 pL and Canon and HP in 3-8 pL ranges. It means it can print the same pixel using very low ink. This will result in much better print quality and low ink consumption. But to saturate an area with ink, it has to put twice the droplet than Epson L210 or at least three times than HP or Canon, therefore at fast print speeds, colors look washed out but when you make them vibrant it takes long time to print. The ink is water resistant compared to HP and Canon. Epson also claims their ink to be water resistant but I read in some reviews that it is not truly. I just put the print in water and everything was there. Only cyan ink goes a little bit with water. But the black letters were almost resistant.

Print Economy: The Black ink bottle contains about 100 mL ink and gives 6000 pages and cost 600 Rs. The color each bottle contains 35 mL ink and cost 1300 Rs (all three) and gives 5000 pages together. This values are ISO standard A4 page in draft mode if you use normal mode the ink consumption will be 20% more. So for black only text like a letter, it will cost 10 p for draft 12 for normal and 15 p for best. For color A4 text, 26 p for draft, 30 p for normal, 40 p for best, for A4 size full photo it will be 7-8 Rs, and 4x6 photo is will cost 2-3 Rs. But if you use third party ink like gocolor you can reduce all the cost by 10-15 times. But this ink reduce print quality and head life so if you print 50 pages per day and can finish 100 mL bottle in 3-6 months you can go for it. Otherwise for less frequent use, it will not be good saving in terms of cost of printer head.Scan: It can clearly scan with sharp and good contrast, scan is about 40 sec for A4 300x300 pixels.Copy: It takes 30 sec for black normal, 1 min for color normal, and 3 min for color best quality. Colors are reproduced. You can change copy number (1-99), resize (reduce and enlarge) and You can copy both sides of ID card on one page.Initial set-up: it is easy just turn it on and fill the tanks. Filling is simply like pouring water from a bottle into a glass.Comparison with its competitor Epson L series printers (L210, 220 or 300, 320).Good: It has an LCD, Epson has nothing. We can change copy no. and copy quality, Epson can print only either 1 or 20 copies together only at normal quality. Printing cost is higher for this compare to Epson, but can be overcome if you use cheap ink. It can print at much higher resolution then Epson. It can print photo at quality like a dedicated photo printer but Epson cannot. It has scan resolution 1200 X 2400 but Epson has 600 x 1200. It has large tank for black but Epson has same size. The tank is not external but part of machine and it is in front, so we can easily check ink level. The build quality is much better, and it has LCD display with several control. We can change copy parameters in this but not in Epson.Bad: At high quality, it is slow in speed. The ink is expensive than Epson.Verdict: It is a great printer with ink tank. The printing cost is at least 10 times less than HP/Canon. Photo and black print quality is perfect. It has a good buildup and design. Only problem is print speed is slow at high quality. Update the firmware and software to improve it further.

Update after two years.

In 2 years I printed about 5000 pages. Then it started giving white streaks. I cleaned nozel several times. The service centre said I need to replace head costing 4ooo rs. I sold it on OLX and bought Epson l380. Which gives better print but in other features are poor. Let's see how long it lasts.

Good Product ! Falls in the price range for inljet ink tank printers. Easy installation, great prints. MFP ideal for home use. Ink tank refillability offers low running costs. photo printing could have been better though. Good for almost all types of printing jobs.

Great ink tank printer for home and personal use. Product as described. Document feed should be external, faced difficulty in feeding 4x6 photo paper. Rollers not able to pull photo paper sheets from document feeder.